Wire hanger



Oct. 19 1926.

A. J. GURNEY WIRE HANGER Filed Jan. 13. 1925 Patented Oct. 19, 192.6.

UNITED STTES means orrice.

ALBERT J. GURNEY, OF CANTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN MINE DOOR 00., OF CANTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

. WIRE HANGER.

Application filed January 13, 1925.

This invention relates to an improved wire hanger of the general character disclosed in Patent No. 1,541,493, for wire hanger, issued to me June 9, 1925.

The invention seeks to provide a hanger for suspending a trolley wire as well as one or more feed wires and wherein the feed wire or wires will be mechanically and electrically connected with the trolley wire at each hanger so that should the trolley wire break, current will be supplied across the gap therein through the feed wire or wires, thus allowing the continued operation of the trolley car or locomotive by coasting across the gap in the trolley wire.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hanger which will dispense with the necessity of providing separate safeguards for the feed wire or cable and the trolley wire at crossings or the like, while by supporting the trolley wire and feed cable by the same hangers, points of danger to pedestrians or traffic will be reduced at the crossing.

And the invention seeks, as a still further object, to provide a hanger embodying a novel means for connecting the jaw members of the device so as to prevent accidental separation of the members and possible loss thereof.

Other and incidental objects will appear hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved hanger, partly broken away and illustrated in section.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view on the line 22 of Figure 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view on the line 44 of Figure 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 2, but showing the use of insulators in connection with the hanger.

In carrying. the invention into effect, I employ complemental aw members embody ing a pair of hollow lower oblong jaws 1O and a pair of short arcuate upper jars 11 integrally formed n the jaws 10 to up, therefrom. At their lower with Serial No. 2,226.

jaws 10 are grooved to accommodate a trolley wire, as conventionally illustrated at 12,

and formed on said jaws are end walls 13 from which project tapered nipples 14, each jaw carrying corresponding halves of said nipples. Screwed over the nipples are nuts Rising from one of the jaws 11 is an inwardly overhanging sleeve 16 and rising from the other of said jaws is an upstanding arcuate flange or half-collar 17 fitting said sleeve. The sleeve is, as shown in Figure 2, internally threaded to accommodate an insulator stud, as conventionally illustrated at 18,.securing the hanger to a suitable supporting structure. Projecting from the sleeve is a pair of companion lugs 19, the lowermost of which is freely inserted through a slot 20 in the flange 17 and, as will be observed, said flange is formed with a downwardly curved upper edge to clear the uppermost of said lugs. Initially, the lugs are straight so that the lowermost of the lugs 19 may be readily inserted throu 'h the slot 20 for assembling the jaw mem )ers. The outer ends of the lugs arethen, as shown in the drawings, bent toward each other to form an eye permanently connecting the jaw members each other for relative swinging movement. Thus accidental separation of the jaws will be effectually obviated while, before the nuts 15 are applied, the jaw members may be readily swung apart for en gagement with wires extending between said members.

As brought out in Figure l, the jaws 11 are preferably disposed substantially midway between the ends of the jaws 10 and reinforcing the connection between the jaws are vertical outstanding reinforcing ribs 21. These ribs are, as best shown in Figure 2, gradually increased in height to the horizontal center line of the aws 11, when one of said ribs is tapered to the upper end of the sleeve 16 while the other of said ribs is tapered to the lower edge of the slot 20 in the flange 17. The ribs will thus not only serve to brace the jaws but will also serve to brace the sleeve and said flange. Formed on the jaws 11 are, as shown in Figure 3, end flanges 22 and formed on the jaws 10 their inner sides are, as shown in Fi t-ire ating reinforc 7mg; ribs 23 which ing edges thereof with openings 24 alining with the nipples 1st and of a corresponding diameter.

In use, the sleeve 16 is first screwed upon the stud 18 for rigidly mounting one of the jaw members. The other of the jaw members may then be swung away from the fixed jaw member so that the wires may be readily brought into position between the members. In the drawings, 1 have shown a conventional cable 26 which is disposed between the jaws 11 and have also conventionally shown a feed wire 27 which is disposed between the jaws 10. The

flanges 22 of the jaws 11 snugly lit the cable but in any instance where a larger cable is employed, said flanges are reamed oti to'the proper degree. The wire 27 is arranged to extend through the openings 24 01. the reinforcing ribs 23 upon the jaws and through the nipples 14: so that, after the wires 12 and 27 and the cable 26 have been disposed in position, the nuts may be applied to the nipples 14 and adjusted thereon for drawing the jaw members together. Accordingly, the jaws 10 will be clamped in engagement with the wires 12 and 27 while the jaws 11 will be clamped in engagement with the cable 26, the clamping pressure being equalized between said pairs of jaws so that both of the wires and the cable will be rigidly supported by the hanger.

As will now be seen, the feed wires 27 is mechanically and electrically connected with the trolley wire 12 by the hanger so that in a system employing the improved hanger, current will be supplied to the trolley wire at each hanger. Accordingly, should the trolley wire break, current will, nevertheless, be supplied through the feed wire across the gap in the trolley wire so that an electric car or locomotive may continue in operation by coasting across the gap. Furthermore, the cable 26 is also electrically and mechanically connected with the feed wire and trolley wire by the hanger and may be employed auxiliary to the feed wire for distributing current throughout the system.

In Figure 5 of the drawings, I have shown the use of an insulator 28 in connection with a cable 29 as well as the use of an insulator 30 in connection with a'feed wire 81. The insulator 28 is arranged to extend between the jaws 11 surrounding the cable, while the insulator 29 is arranged to extend between the jaws 10 surrounding the feed wire. Thus,'these insulators will insulate the cable and feed wire from the hanger so that the feed wire may be employed in a circuit separate and distinct from the trolley wire, as may also the cable.

Having thus described the invention. what claim-1s:

l. A. hanger of the character described.

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including companion jaw members having pairs of coacting jaws to engage separate wires, and independently adjustable means rotatably mounted on the opposite ends 01": the jaws oi? one of said pairs of jaws and positively engaging said ends for securing the jaw members together.

2. A hanger of the character described including companion jaw members having pairs of coacting jaws to engage separate wires, and rotatable means independently adjustable longitudinally of the jaws for drawing the jaw members toward each other and confining the wires between said jaws.

3. A hanger of the character described including companion jaw members having pairs of coacting jaws to engage separate wires, and rotatable means straddling the ends of the jaws of one of said pairs of jaws and independently adjustable for drawing the jaw members toward each other and confining the wires between said jaws.

.4. A hanger of the character described including companion jaw members having pairs of coacting jaws to engage separate wires, the jaws of one of said pairs of jaws being provided at their ends with threaded nipples, and nuts screwed upon said'nipples securing the aw members together and coir lining the wires between said jaws.

5. A hanger of the character described including companion jaw members having pairs of coacting jaws to engage separate 7 wires, the jaws of one of said pairs of jaws being formed to embrace an additional wire lying between said first mentioned wires, and means for drawing the jaw members toward each other and confining the wires between said jaws.

6. A hanger of the character described including companion jaw members ha ring pairs of coacting jaws to engage separate wires, the jaws of one of said pair of jaws being formed to receive an insulator therebetween accommodating an additional wire, and means for drawing the jaw members toward each other and confining the wires between said jaws.

7. A hanger of the character described including companion jaw members havingpairs of coacting jaws to engage separate wires, the jaws of one of said pairs of jaws being provided at their ends with threaded nipples and being formed to accommodate an additional wire therebetween extending through said nipples, and nuts screwed upon said nipples securing the jaw members together and confining the wires between said jaws.

8. A hanger of the character described including companion members having pairs of ,coacting jaws to engage separate wires, the jaws oi one of said pairs of jaws being provided at their ends with threaded nipples and being formed to accommodate an insulator therebetween extending through said nipples and receiving an additional wire, and nuts screwed upon said nipples securing the jaw members together and con fining the wires between said jaws.

9. A hanger of the character described including companion jaw members having coacting jaws to engage a wire, one of said jaw members being formed with an opening and the other of said jaw members being provided with an eye extending through said opening and swingingly connecting the members, and means for drawing the members toward each other and confining the wire between said jaws.

10. A hanger of the character described including companion jaw members having coacting jaws to engage a wire, one of said members being provided with an opening and the other of said jaw members being provided with spaced lugs shaped to define an eye extending through said opening swingingly connecting the members, and means for drawing the jaw members toward each other and confining the wire between said jaws.

11. A hanger of the character described including companion jaw members having a pair of coacting lower aws and a pair of coact-ing upper jaws upstanding from the lower jaws, the jaws being disposed to engage separate wires, and rotatable means independently adjustable longitudinally of the jaws for drawing the jaw members toward each other and confining the wires between said jaws.

12. A hanger of the character described including companion jaw members having a pair of coacting lower jaws and a pair of coacting upper jaws upstanding from the lower jaws, the jaws being disposed to engage separate wires, and independently adjustable means rotatably mounted upon the opposite ends of the lower pair of aws and positively engaging said ends for securing the jaw members together and confining the wires between said pairs of jaws.

13. A hanger of the character described including companion jaw members having a pair of coacting lower jaws to receive a wire and a pair of coacting upper jaws upstanding from the lower jaws to receive a second wire, one of said upper jaws being provided with a sleeve for connecting the hanger with a support and the other of said upper jaws being provided with a flange fitting said sleeve, and means for drawing the jaw members together and confining the wires between said pairs of jaws.

14. A hanger of the character described including companion jaw members having a pair of coacting lower jaws to receive a wire and a pair of coacting upper jaws upstanding from the lower jaws to receive a second wire, one of said upper jaws being provided with a sleeve for connecting the hanger with a support and the other of said upper jaws being provided with a flange fitting said sleeve, means carried by the sleeve to coact with said flange for swingingly connecting the jaw members, and means for drawing the jaw members together and confining the wires between said pairs of jaws.

15. A hanger of the character described including companion jaw members having pairs of coacting jaws to engage separate wires, the jaws of one of said pairs of jaws being provided at their ends with nipples and being formed to accommodate an additional wire therebetween extending through said nipples, and rotatable means independently adjustable longitudinally of the jaws to coact with said nipples for drawing the jaw members toward each other and confining the wires between said jaws.

16. A hanger of the character described including companion jaw members having coacting jaws to engage a wire, one of said members being provided with an opening and the other of said members being provided with a lug extending through said opening and swingingly connecting the members, and means for drawing the jaw members toward each other and confining a wire between said jaws.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ALBERT J. GURNEY. [11. s.] 

